Test the pest! - Two new IPPC Diagnostic Protocols adopted

Posted on Jue, 17 Ago 2017, 10:22

The IPPC Secretariat is happy to announce that there are two new diagnostic protocols (DPs), which have been adopted by the Standards Committee (SC) on behalf of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) as the DP Notification Period just closed …

Strong Support to the IPPC Validation Workshop on the Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation from Madagascar

Posted on Lun, 14 Ago 2017, 23:28

The validation Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation workshop for Madagascar receives the support of the Government

On the 8th and 9th of August, FAO Madagascar hosted the workshop on the validation of the results of the evaluation of phytosanitary capacities in Madagascar. …

The First and Second IPPC Workshops on the Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation Organized in Republic of Guinea with Support of the STDF401 Project

Posted on Lun, 14 Ago 2017, 21:34

@ Mekki Chouibani - PCE Workshop in Guinea

At the request of the NPPO of the Republic of Guinea, a workshop was organized to conduct a Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) with the support of the STDF401 project, the IPPC …

The IPPC National Reporting Obligations Workshop for the South-West Pacific held in Fiji

Posted on Vie, 11 Ago 2017, 12:22

The IPPC National Reporting Obligations Workshop for the South-West Pacific was held in Nadi, Fiji on 10th and 11th August 2017. The Workshop was jointly organized by the IPPC Secretariat and the Pacific Community (SPC), and supported financially by the …

The 2017 IPPC Regional Workshop for the South-West Pacific held in Fij

Posted on Mié, 09 Ago 2017, 21:08

The 2017 IPPC Regional Workshop for the South-West Pacific was held in Nadi, Fiji from 7th to 9th August 2017. The Workshop was jointly organized by the IPPC Secretariat and the Pacific Community (SPC), and supported financially by the Australian …

2017 IPPC Regional Workshops to kick off August 7th 2017 for South-West Pacific Region in Nadi Fiji

Posted on Mar, 08 Ago 2017, 21:47

Photo: IPPC 2016, Ilya Mityushev - Communal web of the social pear sawfly larvae (Neurotoma flaviventris) present on the twig of Crataegus sp.

The IPPC Secretariat, together with Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs) and FAO Regional/Subregional offices is …

Moving towards development of an IPPC Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Posted on Lun, 31 Jul 2017, 09:20

Leanne Stewart, IPPC IRSS manager, met with Cecile Kusters of the Centre for Development and Innovation from 19 - 20 June 2017 at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The purpose of this meeting was to finalize the draft Monitoring and …

TPPT continues ground-breaking work to protect the world's plant resources

Posted on Vie, 28 Jul 2017, 12:33

The Technical Panel for Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT) just ended their annual meeting in Vienna, Austria (17 - 21 July 2017). The meeting was hosted by the Joint FAO/International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture …

The ISS-STDF Workshop on Implementation of the ISPM 15 held in Nairobi Kenya

Posted on Mar, 25 Jul 2017, 12:14

The ISS-STDF Workshop on Implementation of the ISPM 15 was held from 19-23 July 2017 at the headquarters of Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Nairobi, Kenya. The objective of the Workshop was to review the results of the study …

IPPC Supports the 2nd Phase of PCE Application by Somalia and Kenya

Posted on Vie, 21 Jul 2017, 07:32

IPPC 2016 - Aziz Ozkan. Plant pest Bactrocera oleae

Orlando Sosa, Senior Implementation Officer and Chiluba Mwape, Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) Facilitator facilitated the second PCE workshop for Kenya and Somalia. The workshop was held in Nairobi Kenya, from 6-10 …

The IPPC Secretariat Brainstorming on Teamwork and Team Spirit

Posted on Vie, 21 Jul 2017, 07:25

Teamwork is the yearly theme for the IPPC Secretariat in 2017. To emphasize this, on 14 July 2017, a brainstorming session on teamwork and team spirit was organized during the 2017 Mid-year meeting of the IPPC Secretariat. The brainstorming session …

The Mid-Year Meeting of the IPPC Secretariat for 2017 held at FAO Headquarters in Rome

Posted on Jue, 20 Jul 2017, 10:30

The 2017 Mid-Year meeting of the IPPC Secretariat was held on 14 July 2017 at the FAO Headquarters in Rome. The objectives of the meeting were presenting the achievements of the first semester and plans for the second semester of …

International Year of Plant Health goes to New York

Posted on Mar, 11 Jul 2017, 10:11

The 40th Session of the FAO Conference, the governing body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has approved on 5 July 2017 a resolution with the aim to declare the year 2020 as the International Year …

Stamping out anti-biosecurity practices in the ACT

Posted on Mar, 11 Jul 2017, 08:51

Media release from Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources:

Potentially harmful exotic ants have been seized from a Canberra home, as part of an investigation into their attempted sale on Gumtree.

Head of Biosecurity Operations, Nico Padovan, said …